Classic Dirt Bike

Hiding in plain sight

I’d be surprised if I’m the only one who has missed the glaringly obvious until it’s pointed out or another unrelated task reveals what should have been clear from the outset. Thankfully such incidences are rarer than they used to be, or maybe I’m at that age where I can’t remember them. The reason for the subject of this issue’s column occurred when putting the battered remnants of the project Triumph together quietly one evening. Things have moved along quite rapidly after many years of little or no change and the need to free up bench

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